Sofa-davenport.



A. c. KLQPPING. SOFA DAVENPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED OUT. 16, 1010.

a sums-ennui.

- Patented Apr. 18,1911.

1 116K? xx A. C. KLOPPING.

SOFA DAVENPORT.

APPLICATION IILED 001.15, 1910 Patented 11 11118, 1911.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

/J WZTNE'SEE'E IAZI/ENTUR:

/ mwwwf fiy a L rights 10 and have the opp sing bed frame bars 12 pivoted to their outer ends, as at- 13, said bars 12 being rigidly connected at their outer ends by a cross-bar 1 t, as shown. The bed-frame bars are prefe 'ably .but not necessarily of angle-iron with their horizontal flanges turned inwardly and the inner ends of the side bars 12, 12 are preferably cut on a bevel or incline, asv shown at 15, to permit them to have limited pivotal or folding movements relatirevto the short bars 11 by which they are carried, the ends of the bars 12 and the inturncd flanges of the bars .11 coact-ing to limit their relative movements. Upon a continued folding movement of the bed-frame when the ends of the bars 12 have engaged the inturned flanges of the bars 11, the latter bars will be caused to turn upon their pivots 11 to vertical position and the bars 11 and supporting uprights 10 will then turn inwardly as a. unit toward the front piece 3" of the seat-frame to place the bed-frame bars 12. 12 horizontal position with their outer or free ends in substantial abutment with the front piece 3 of the frame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A spring fabric 16 of any suitable construction is attached to the bed-frame bars 11, 12 and M as best shown in Fig. 4'.

In order to prevent a weight or pressure upon the spring bed-bottom, such as would be caused by a person lying thereon, from effecting an inward drawing or bumbling of the side frame bars at their jointed ends due to the greater strain being exerted on said bars between the pivots 11' and the outer frame bar 14, the short or inner frame bars 11. have their free ends extended inwardly beyond their pivots as shown and provided at their free ends with longiludinally extending spindles 17 carrying thrustrolls 18 which bear outwardly against thrustplates 19. These plates are secured to and project inwardly from the standards 10 and are of suitable size and shape for the rolls 18 to remain in continuous contact therewith in whatever position the bars 11 may be in relative to the standards 10. The plates 19 are provided at their upper edges with inwardly projecting ears or. lugs 20, which serve as stops for limiting the unfolding movements of the bars 1.1 relative to the standards 10. Braces 21 and 22 connect the outer ends of the plates 19 and the standards 10, respectively. to the bar 9 to strengthen such parts relative to said bar.

The outer end of the bed-fr: me. when unfolded, is supported in horizontal position by legs 23 which are pivoted thereto.

As no cross-bar is provided at the inner end of the bcd-frame to which the inner edge of the spring fabric .16 may be attached, such edge of the fabric, when the bed frame is in unfolded position is suitably anchored to prevent a sagging of the fabric at such point by ointed or sectional anchor rods 24, which connect the inner edge of the fabric to the front piece 3 of the seat frame, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 1. The rods 21 are jointed to peijmit a flexing of the same when the bed-frame is in folded position", as shown in Fig. 2, as the inner edge of the fabric is then closer to the front piece 3* of the seat-frame than when the bed frame is unfolded, as is apparent.

The seat-frame 3 is provided adjacent its lower edge, when inverted, with a plurality of cross-bars 25 which form supports for a set of coiled springs 26 which springs are mounted entirely within the seat frame. This set of springs has its outer edge, or the edge thereof which is adjacent the rear piece 3* of the seat-frame, disposed in close proximity to the inner edge of the spring fabric 16 to provide a practically uninterrupted spring surface or bed bottom from the outer end of the bed frame to the. inner or front.

side of the seat frame;

lt is apparent with this construction of bed frame and springs that after inverting the seat frame the bed frame may be easily and piielcly unfolded by takinghold of the free end of theframe partformed by the bars 12, .12 and 1 1; and lifting the same upwardly and outwardly so as to effectan un-. folding action of the entire bed-frame, to

l/ltit't the bars 11, 11 and 12, 12 in horizontal position. To close the bed frame it is only necessary for the operator to raise toe outer end of the frame part 12, 12, 141 and when the beveled ends 15 of the bars 12 coact with the inturnta'l flanges of the bars 11 to continue thev folding, operation so as to .urn the bars 11, 11 upon their pivots into vertical position with the standards 10 and then to tilt said standards 10 and bars 11 to move their pivotal points of connection inwardl toward the front piece 3 ofthe seat frame and to place the bars 12 in substantially horizontal position therein, the mattress and bed clothing being compactly folded .within the seat frame between the woven and coiled springs 16 and 26. \Vhen stress is applicd to the woven fabric 16, when the bed frame is unfolded, the side bars 11 and .12 are rigidly held against inward collapsing, or yielding movements due to the rolls 18 at the free ends of the bars ll'having their thrusts against the thrust plates 19. lit is found that the construction shown and described vprovides a. very rigid. strong. and

light bed bottom and frame'therefor and that the objections incident to the old forms of bed bottoms in davenports of this class, due to the Woven springs forming the entire bed bottom. are entirely obviated.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specific construction or arrangement; of the parts except in so far as such lin'iitations are specified in the claims.

llaving thus deseribtal my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by [at ters Patent, is,--

ii In a sofa-davcnport, an invertible uiat frame, standards rising from an edge of said frame, a bed frame at.ta .:hed to said stand ards and comprising at least two sets of pin otally connected side bars the inner set of which is pivotally supported by said standards with their free ends projecting rearwardly from the tandards and terminating adjacent to the outer edge o'li'the scat frame when in unfoldedposition, a bar connecting the outer ends ot -the other set, means for receiving the lateral outward thrusts ot' the projected ends of said inner set, a spring fabric enacting with the bed frame to form a bed bottom, and means supporting the outer end of the bed frame.

2. In a sofa-(laven mrt, an iuwltiblc seat- .t'rame, standards rising from the rear edge of the frame when in an inverted position, bars pivoted to said standards, a second set of bars pivoted to said first mei'itioned bars and being rigidly connected at their outer ends, a spring fabric sup jiorted by said bars, means supporting the outer ends of one setof bars, and means for receiving the lateral thrusts of the inner ends of the bars pivoted to' said standards.

3. In a sofa-davenport, an invertible seatframe, standards rising from the rear edge of said frame when in inverted position and having thrust plates extending inwardly therefrom, a bedd'rame comprising a plurality of sets of pivotally connected sidebars, the bars of one being pivoted to said staxnlardsand having their inner ends in outer 'thrust contact with said thrust plates, means supporting the outer set of said. bars, and a spring fabric attached to said bed-framc.

-i. in a sofa-davenport, an invertible seatframe, standards rising from the rear edge ol said seat-frame when in inverted position, a bedframe comprising a plurality of sets of pivotally connected bars, one set being pivoted to said standards and another set being rigidly connected at their outer ends, means supporting the outer end of said latter set, means resisting the outer thrusts of the'inner ends of the bars which are pivoted to said standards, a spring fabr' secured to said bcd t'rame, and means anchoring the inner edge of said fabric to. the seat-frame when the bedfraine is in unfolded. position.

5.- In a sofa-davenport, an invertible scatirauie, a sectional pivotally jointed bedt'ranie pivotaily carried by said scat-frame and capable of folding thertaunler, sa Lfrinue when unfolded having its inner edge "1 bed j terminating adjacent the outer edge of the seat-frame when inverted, means resisting an outer thrust of the inner ends of the bedi'ramc sides and a spring fabric carried by said bed-tonne.

(3. in a sofa-davcnport, an invertible seatframe, a sectional pivotally jointed bedl'ralue pivotally carried by said seat-frame and capable of folding thereunder, said bedframe when unfolded having its inner edge terminating, adjacent. the outer edge of the seatd'ramc when inverted, a spring fabric secured within said bed-frame, and m-ans anchoring the inner edge of the fabric to theseat-frame when the bed-frame is in unfolded position.

7. in a sol'a-ilavenport, an invertible seatframe, a sectional pivotally jointed bedtrame pivotally carried by said seat1-l"ra1ne, saidibed-itrame being capable of folding under the scatd'ram and, when unfolded, having its inner end terrninoting adjacent to the outer end of the scabt'rame when inverted, a spring l'ahric carried by said bed-frame, means in continual contact with the inner frame side ends to receive the outer thrusts of said ends, and flexible means anchoring the inner edge of the spring fabric to the seatsjtrame.

in a sofaalavenport, an invertible seatl'raiue, standards rising from the outer edge of said frame when inverted, a sectional piv otally jointed bed-frame having its inner side sections pivoted to said standards, rolls carried at the inner ends of said inner bedframe sections, thrust plates carried by said standards for receiving the outer thrusts of said rolls, a spring fabric carried by said bedd'raine, and means anchoring the inner edge of said fabric to the seat-frame.

5). in a sofa-da\ 'cnport-, an invertible seatframe, a set of coiled springs :arried at the under side of said scat-frame, a sectional pivotally jointed bed -frame ivotally carried by the seat-frame, said bed-frame being capable of folding over said coiled springs when the sea tframe is inverted and having its inner end terminating ad acent to an edge of the coiled springs, and a spring fabric carried by said bed -frame and cooperating with said coiled springs to form a spring bed bottom when the seat-frame is inverted and the bed-frame is in unfolded position.

10. In a sofa -davenport, an invertible Sttlt-fl'tllllt, a set of coiled springs carried on the upper side of said scat frame when inverted, a sectional pivotal-1y jointed bedlrame pivoted to the rear side of the seatframe and adapted to fold over the coiled springs when the seat is inverted, said bed frame having its inner ends terminating adjacent to the rear side of the seat-fr:une,

neaus for receiving the outer thrusts of the inncends of the bedframe sides, a 't'alnie.

secured to said bed-frame and having its in- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto n01" edge terxmnetmg adgacent to the 111116! slgned my name to this spec-lficatlon 1n the edge of the coded spnngs and coiiperatmg presence of two subscrlblng witnesses.

therewith to form a bed bottom when the ADOLPII C. KLOPPING. seat-frame is inverted and the bed-fran1e is TVitnesses: unfolded, and means anchoring the inner C. W. OWEN,

edge of said fabric to the seat-frame. I I. G. GASKELL. 

